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• Police: Suspect dead in Illinois bank standoff
WHEATON, Ill. - A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. The standoff began around 1:30 p.m., after a Wheaton police officer ...
• McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain?
They say there is nothing of substance to back up the candidacy of the Illinois senator. Palin herself asked in her convention speech what happens "when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot ...
• 5-year-old scores hole-in-one — kind of
5-year-old scores hole-in-one — kind of Illinois kindergartner's 75-yarder on par-3 course not officially an ace ... BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Look out Tiger Woods, 5-year-old Drew Gray’s got game.
• Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut
IndyMac also was the second-largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, after Continental Illinois National Bank in 1984. The FDIC has been operating the bank, now called IndyMac Federal Bank, under a conservatorship.
• Obama: McCain focused on bio over economy
They spent a lot of time talking about John McCain's biography, which we all honor," the Illinois senator said. "They talked about me a lot, in less than respectful terms.